Essential Cult Cinema Drawn from the Same DNA as The Christian: Cul...

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Manxman perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Pete Quilliam, a fisherman on the Isle of Man, and his best friend, a lawyer named Philip Christian, are each in love with Kate Cregeen, an innkeeper's daughter. Pete is rejected by the girl's father and leaves for South Africa to seek his fortune. When Pete is reported dead, Kate is saddened yet relieved, for she really loves Philip. But Pete returns with enough wealth to overcome the father's objections. Obedient to her father, Kate weds Pete, hoping for the best.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A fanatical Boer farmer mistreats his young wife.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Folly of Desire perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

When the king is killed by his rival, his English double takes his place and is shot.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A detective who secretly heads a gang of jewel thieves loves an actress engaged to an Earl's son.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Rupert of Hentzau perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A squire tries to make his son deny he fathered a villager's child, and wed an heiress.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while working on the libretto of a great opera, she skips across the roofs and brings him a Christmas banquet. The poet sees Marjorie, and knowing that he detests wealth, she pretends to be the secretary of the Caner family. Marjorie volunteers to type his libretto, and a close intimacy grows between them. Tony wins a $10,000 prize for his work, but is enraged when he discovers that Marjorie is an heiress. Morris Caner, mellowed under his daughter's tutelage, comes to the rescue by feigning financial ruin, and manages to reconcile the two lovers.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Sons of Satan perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The story of a happily married woman, Amy, who is greeted with temptation of riches beyond belief after her husband, Andrew, accepts a position at a Colorado Steel Mill.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A typist exposes a group of businessmen as German spies plotting to blow up a bridge.

Dir: George Loane Tucker

A student of divinity who is brought back to life is found to have no soul but has it given back to him as a result of prayer.